SeaWorld killer whale: Tilikum's first show since trainer death

Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda, Orlando Sentinel

Trainers behind removable metal bars alongside the stage during the "Believe" killer whale show at SeaWorld, on Wednesday, March 30, 2011. This whale, not Tilikum, performs during the show. Tilikum, the killer whale repsonsible for the death trainer Dawn Brancheau, performed for the first time since the trainer's tragic death last year, Tilikum appeared in the 11:30 a.m. show of the park's main killer-whale show.

Trainers behind removable metal bars alongside the stage during the "Believe" killer whale show at SeaWorld, on Wednesday, March 30, 2011. This whale, not Tilikum, performs during the show. Tilikum, the killer whale repsonsible for the death trainer Dawn Brancheau, performed for the first time since the trainer's tragic death last year, Tilikum appeared in the 11:30 a.m. show of the park's main killer-whale show. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda, Orlando Sentinel)

Trainers install removable metal bars alongside the stage during the "Believe" killer whale show at SeaWorld, on Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Tilikum, the killer whale repsonsible for the death trainer Dawn Brancheau, performed for the first time since the trainer's tragic death last year, Tilikum appeared in the 11:30 a.m. show of the park's main killer-whale show.

Trainers install removable metal bars alongside the stage during the "Believe" killer whale show at SeaWorld, on Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Tilikum, the killer whale repsonsible for the death trainer Dawn Brancheau, performed for the first time since the trainer's tragic death last year, Tilikum appeared in the 11:30 a.m. show of the park's main killer-whale show. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda, Orlando Sentinel)